Window cleaner



March 1, 1938. H. I SOWERS wINDow'cLEANER Filed Aug. 21, 1954 .46m-sive maenZ BY W' m4/r.

ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 1, 1.938

UNITED STATES y 2,109,626 p WINDOW CLEANER Harry L. Sowers, Arcadia, Ind., assigner to Productive' Inventions, Inc., Gary, Ind., a cs nl'poration oi' Indiana Application ,Auust 21, 1934, serial No. 740,815

l s claims. (oils-105) This invention relates to windowcleaners and its general object is to provide a cleaning device that is not only c-apable of luse in washing and wiping glass and the like, but will remove all foreign matter therefrom without scratching the same, in minimum time, with minimum effort."

An extremely important object of the invention is to provide a window cleaner that includes an abrasive material such, for example, as a fivbrous metallic wool therein as a cleaning element, and which is so arranged with a' polishing' element that the glass is polished as it is I cleaned. I Another object of the invention is to provide a window cleaner of the character'set forth, that lis simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely eiicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

f In describingmy invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of thc window cleaner that forms the subject matter of the pres- 3o ent invention.

Figure 2 is a detail view illustrating the apfplication of the metallic wool with respect to the felt head of the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken transversely through the device.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary Psectional view through a portion of the device, illustrating a slightly modified arrangement of certain of the elements embodied in the present invention.

Referring to the drawingin detail, the reference numeral I indicates the body member of my window cleaner, and which as shown is substantially rectangular in shape andrelatively narrow. The body also acts in the capacityl as the handle for the device and one longitudinal edge thereof isl provided with a groove 2 which is relatively shallow and extends the full length of the body, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

Arranged in the groove 2 and secured .therein by any well known means such as adhesive material is a strip 3 of absorbent material such, for example, as felt or the like that is co-extensive with the body I and is of the same width thereof asbest shown in Figure 3, so that the portions of the felt extend beyondthe groove 2 and the strip is not only secured in the groove but to the entire longitudinal edge.

The strip of felt has arranged longitudinally therein a vgroove or recess 4 that terminates inwardly of' the ends of the felt as shown in Figure 1 and mounted in the groove 4 as well as secured therein by adhesive material is a. strip 5 of metallic` wool. The strip 3 is likewise provided with apertures 6 that extend through the entire thickness thereof and communicates with the ends of the groove 4 so as to receive right angle bent end portions 1 formed on the ends of the strip of metallic wool as clearly shown in Figure 5, it being apparent that the portions 'I "are also xed within the apertures 6 by adhesive material. 'I'he outer face of the strip 5 of metallic wool may extend' beyond the outer face of the strip 3 of felt, as illustrated in Fig. 4, or the faces may be ush with each other as shown in Figure 3, as well as fiat, but in any event the wool is embedded within the felt so that these two elements cooperate in cleaning and polishing glass.

The sides of the body I are tapered toward the opposite longitudinal edge thereof as best shown in Figure '3, and the last mentioned edge has disposed therein a. groove 8 that extends through the ends of the body and has converging recesses 9 in the bottom thereof.

'Ihe groove 8 and recesses 9 are adapted to receive a strip of rubber I0 that has its outer edge beveled as shown, while its inner edge is provided'with convergingtongues4 II to iit the converging recesses 9. The strip I0 and its tongues are xed within the groove 8 and recesses 9 by adhesive material. It will be understood that the strip I0 is designed primarily for wiping glass after the latter has been washed and cleaned by the felt and wool.

From-the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a'window cleaning device that is capable of removing all foreign matter from glass in an easy and expeditious manner with very little effort without scratching the glass, and this action is accomplished through the instrumentality o f the metallic wool'whlch has disposed forco-operation therewith felt in cleaning and polishing the glass, but the important feature of the device is the metallic wool, as it is capable of removing dirt and other foreign matter with very little effort, and which cannot be removed bythe use of washing, or other cleaning elements without strenuous eiforts on the part of the user.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, prothe appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A window cleaning device comprising a handle body member having a groove Iormed therein, a strip of absorbent material having a longitudinally extending recess in an exposed.

aioaeae thereof and secured in the groove oi' said body member, and a strip oi abrasive material comprising aplurality oi elongated fibers secured in said recess and having a tace portion exposed for use and adjacent the surface oi said exposed side v oi' said absorbent material. vided that such changes fall within the scope of 3. A window cleaning device comprising a body member having an edge portion with a longitudinally extending groove therein, a strip of absorbent material having a longitudinally extending recess in an exposed side thereof and secured in the groove of said body member, said strip of absorbent material having ,an aperture opening into said recess adjacent each end thereof, and a strip of brous abrasive material positioned in said recess and extending longitudinally thereof, said strip of abrasive material having a face portion exposed' for use and adjacent the surface of said exposed side of said absorbent material and having its end portions extending into said apertures.

. HARRY L. SOWERS. 

